Refrigerator with Advice Generating Unit

1. A refrigerator comprising: at least one storage compartment for storing foodstuffs; a first sensor configured to obtain biological information of a person automatically upon detection of the person in the vicinity of the refrigerator; a memory, coupled to the first sensor to store the biological information automatically upon detection of the person in the vicinity of the refrigerator; a second sensor configured to determine the presence of foodstuffs in the storage compartment; a biological information analysis portion of a computer configured to analyze the biological information and to obtain foodstuff information comprising information on foodstuffs stored in the storage compartment with which it is possible to improve the biological information; an advice generating portion of the computer configured to generate advice for improving the biological information based on the analysis result of the biological information analysis unit, the advice including: advice regarding foodstuffs pertinent directly to nutrients and advice relevant to nutrients and not regarding foodstuffs, advice about dietary life based on the foodstuff information obtained by the second sensor generated in response to the foodstuffs being detected in the storage compartment, and advice about purchase of the foodstuffs generated in response to the foodstuffs not being detected in the storage compartment; an input device configured to receive a user request for the advice; and a display configured to: report a measured result of the biological information, and only in response to the user request for advise being received by the input device, report the advice for improving the biological information after reporting the measured result of the biological information.

2. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the memory stores the biological information obtained by the first sensor and corresponding clock time information at which the biological information is obtained.

3. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising an opening and closing sensor configured to sense an opening and closing operation to open or close doors of the storage compartments, wherein the first sensor is configured to obtain the biological information in response to the opening and closing operation being sensed by the opening and closing sensor.

4. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising a third sensor configured to sense the person, wherein the first sensor is configured to obtain the biological information in response to the person being sensed by the third sensor.

5. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is configured to obtain a body temperature of the person as the biological information.

6. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is configured to obtain a facial image of the person as the biological information.

7. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is configured to obtain a body fat percentage of the person as the biological information.

8. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is configured to obtain a body weight of the person as the biological information.

9. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is configured to obtain a blood pressure of the person as the biological information.

10. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is configured to obtain a blood flow state of the person as the biological information.

11. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is configured to obtain a heart rate of the person as the biological information.

12. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is configured to obtain a body height of the person as the biological information.

13. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising an identification portion of the computer configured to identify the person, wherein the first sensor is configured to obtain the biological information and classify the biological information according to each person identified by the identification portion of the computer.

14. The refrigerator according to claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver configured to perform communication with an external device via a network to send the biological information to the external device.

15. The refrigerator according to claim 14 , wherein the display is configured to report advice for improving the biological information generated by the external device in response to receiving the biological information.

16. The refrigerator according to claim 14 , wherein the biological information obtained by the first sensor is stored along with click time information indicating when the biological information is received by the external device.